Combined window curtain bracket and drapery support



April 2, 1941. L. M. POLLINA 2,239,247

COMBINED WINDOW CURTAIN BRACKET AND DRAPERY SUPPORT Filed June 8, 1939 Patented Apr. 22, 1941 s rarest QFFlCE CQMBINED WINDOW CURTAIN BRACKET AND DRAPERY SUPPORT Louis M. Pollina, North Collins, N. Y.

Collins, N. Y., assignor of one-half to Charles N. Pellegrino, North Application June 8, 1939, Serial No. 273,136

3 Claims.

This invention relates to curtain fixtures and more particularly to a combined shade bracket and drapery support.

The object of the invention is to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive device of the character described which may be quickly adjusted to any width of window frame and secured in a set position of adjustment without marring or otherwise disfiguring the window frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined shade supporting bracket and drapery hanger which is pivotally connected with and suspended as a unit from a central bracket or other support so that the weight of the device serves to hold the shade brackets against the window casing, thereby dispensing with the usual fastening devices for said brackets.

A further object is to make the shade bracket connecting rod and drapery supporting rod extensible so as to permit longitudinal adjustment thereof and means for securing the sections of the connecting rods in a set position of adjustment.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and efficiency.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined shade bracket and drapery support embodying the present invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view,

Figure 3 is an end view of one of the shade brackets showing the manner of supporting the drapery rod in position thereon, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the sections of the central hanger detached.

The improved device forming the subjectmatter of the present invention is especially designed for supporting window shade brackets and drapery rods in position on a window casing, and in Figure l is shown applied to such a casing, in which 5 designates the frame and 5 the window shade or curtain. The device comprises end brackets 1 having laterally extending flanges 8. adapted to bear against and frictionally engage the window casing. one of said brackets being provided with a circular opening 9 for the reception of the cylindrical trunnion ll of the window curtain ii and the other bracket 1 being formed with an angular opening for the reception of the angular trunnion H] of the window curtain so that, when the roller of the window curtain is mounted between the brackets, said curtain will operate in the usual manner. The brackets I are connected by an extension rod preferably formed in two sections l2 and lit, the outer ends of said sections being secured to the adjacent brackets l by screws l4 and the inner ends of said rod sections being 'slidably mounted within a tubular member l5. By adjusting the sections l2 and. i3 longitudinally within-the tubular member 15, the brackets i may be moved to diiierent positions of adjustment so as to fit any width of window casing, and in which position they will be securely held by means of screws it which extend through the tubular member l5 and engage the adjacent sections 12 and i3, as best shown in Figure 1 of the draw- The device is suspended from the window casing by means of an overhead bracket or hanger ll preferably formed in two sections it and iii, the upper ends of which overlap and are secured to the window casing by a screw 28. Similar screws 2| serve to secure thelower edges of the hanger sections to the window casing. The sections [8 and I9 are provided with inwardly extending fingers 22 terminating in outstanding lips 23 having perforations formed therein for the reception of a pivot bolt or rod 24. Extending around the pivot pin M is the looped end 25 of an inclined suspension strap 26, the lower end of which is riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the tubular member It, as indicated at 21.

The flange 8 of each bracket 1 is bent laterally and inwardly to form a socket 28 adapted to receive the upstanding end 29 of a drapery supporting rod 30. This rod 30 is also preferably formed in two sections, the inner ends of which are slidably mounted in a tubular sleeve 3|. The metal constituting the upper portion of each bracket '5 is formed with spaced incisions and the metal between said incisions bent laterally and upwardly to form a bracket or rest 32 for the adjacent section of the drapery rod, as best shown in Figure 3 of the drawing. It will thus be seen that the drapery rod is detachably mounted on the brackets I and can be readily removed when desired by tilting the angular ends of the rod 30 until they clear the sockets 28 and then lifting the rod out of the brackets 32.

It will, furthermore, be noted that the brackets I and their associated parts are pivotally connected with the hanger l1 and are suspended therefrom as a unit so that the weight of the device serves to hold the shade brackets 1 against the window casing without the use of screws or similar fastening devices usually employed for this purpose. In other words, owing to the inclination of the hanger strap 26, the entire device may be swung outwardly as a unit on the pivot 24 and when released the brackets I will frictionally bear against the window casing and this is true regardless of the longitudinal adjustment of the bracket connecting rod l2 and drapery supporting rod 30. It will thus be seen that, after the hanger I1 is once positioned on a window casing, the brackets 1 may be adjusted to any desired position by merely loosening the screws l6 and after the desired adjustment has been effected by tightening said screws the parts will be held in adjusted position, thus obviating the necessity of removing the usual bracket supporting screws when adjustment or replacement of the curtain brackets is desired, which removal or adjustment of the curtain brackets leave openings in the window casing and otherwise mars the general appearance of the same.

It will, of course, be understood that the devices may be made in different sizes and shapes and constructed of any suitable material without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A device of the class described comprising spaced curtain supporting brackets each provided with a laterally extending flange terminating in a socket, and a lateral rest disposed adjacent said socket, a longitudinally adjustable rod connecting the brackets, and a drapery supporting rod seated in said rest and provided with upstanding portions fitted in the sockets.

2. A device of the class described comprising spaced curtain supporting brackets adapted to abut against a window casing, a rod connecting the brackets, a suspension bracket adapted to be secured to a support and including mating members provided with laterally extending ears terminating in lips defining an intermediate socket, a pivot pin extending transversely of the socket and secured to the lips, and a suspension strap having one end thereof secured to the rod and its other end fitting loosely around the pivot pin to permit outward swinging movement of said rod and curtain supporting brackets.

3. A device of the class described comprising spaced supporting brackets having laterally extending flanges for abutting engagement with a window casing, a rod connecting the brackets, a suspension bracket including mating sections having their upper ends overlapped and their inner ends bent outwardly and thence laterally to form parallel lips defining an intermediate socket, fastening devices extending through the overlapped portions of the mating members of the bracket, a pin extending through the lips and transversely of the socket, and an outwardly inclined strap having its lower end secured to the rod and its upper end pivotally engaging said pin.

LOUIS M. POLLINA. 

